Common Raven
Corvus corax
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderPasseriformes
- FamilyCorvidae (Còrvids)
- GenusCorvus (Crows and Ravens)
- SpeciesCorvus corax (Common Raven)
Closest Relatives at Mercantour National Park
Carrion Crow
Corvus corone
Hooded Crow
Corvus cornix
Eurasian Jay
Garrulus glandarius
Eurasian Magpie
Pica pica
Alpine Chough
Pyrrhocorax graculus
Red-billed Chough
Pyrrhocorax pyrrhocorax
Eurasian Nutcracker
Nucifraga caryocatactes
Chaffinch
Fringilla coelebs
Black Redstart
Phoenicurus ochruros
Great Tit
Parus major
Eurasian Blackbird
Turdus merula
European Robin
Erithacus rubecula
📅 Monthly Probability
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there
Parks Where Found
Quick answers
What are the chances of seeing a Common Raven in Mercantour National Park?
About 36% of visitor-days record a Common Raven sighting in Mercantour National Park, based on 119 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.
When is the best time to see Common Raven in Mercantour National Park?
September has the highest sighting rate for Common Raven in Mercantour National Park in our monthly data.